S01 | Sep 21, 2025 | 5min 37sec

First episode will go up on Tuesday September 23, 2025 at 5am EST.

Look for it wherever you get your podcasts!

S01 E01 | Sep 23, 2025 | 10min 51sec

Remember those early days when you wanted to know everything about your partner? That curiosity built the foundation of your relationship—and it’s something you can keep refreshing.

In this episode, Angela Kingma, Clinical Director at Arms Open Counselling, shares how Love Maps (a Gottman Method tool) can help you stay connected, even when life gets messy.

Relationship Reset: Ask just ONE Love Map question this week and see what unfolds.

S01 E02 | Sep 30, 2025 | 11min 30sec

In this episode, Angela explores why small rituals matter more than grand gestures, how they build trust, intimacy, and belonging, and how couples can create their own meaningful rituals. Drawing from both Gottman Method research and Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), you’ll learn how to weave love into the fabric of daily life—without adding stress or another “to-do.”

Relationship Reset: Choose one tiny ritual to create or strengthen this week. It could be a goodbye kiss, a daily text, or asking: “What was the best part of your day?” Stick with it for 7 days and notice how it changes your connection.

S01 E03 | Oct 14, 2025 | 15min 23sec

Bids for connection are the tiny invitations we send our partner every day — a glance, a sigh, a question, a playful comment. In this episode, Angela explains how recognizing and responding to those small moments can transform the emotional climate of a relationship.

Drawing from Gottman Method research and Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT), you’ll learn how to identify bids, understand the attachment needs beneath them, and turn toward your partner in ways that build lasting safety, trust, and laughter.

Relationship Reset: This week, catch two bids a day and respond. Pause before defaulting to distraction, and intentionally turn toward instead. Before bed, reflect together:

“When did we connect today?” “When did we miss each other’s bids?”

S01 E04 | Oct 28, 2025 | 16min 51sec

In this episode, Angela explores how just five intentional hours a week can transform your relationship. Drawing from the Gottman Method and Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT), she shares how to build daily rituals of connection that strengthen trust, friendship, and emotional safety. Discover how small, consistent habits can rekindle closeness — no grand gestures required.

Relationship Reset: Create your own 5-Hour Love Plan this week.

Ask each other:

What’s one ritual we can add in the morning?

What does a comforting reunion look like for us?

How can we bring back a little fun or play?

When can we schedule a weekly check-in?

Remember — it’s not about perfection; it’s about presence.

S01 | Dec 9, 2025 | 12mi 38sec

Sorry for the gap in uploads, life got busy as it tends to do. This episode gets very real, very raw. In it, Angela explores the sometimes difficult, but always worthwhile reality of long-term relationships. She pulls from her personal experience to provide a perspective she believes is sorely lacking in relationship media.

Please enjoy this bonus episode. Regularly scheduled uploads will be returning shortly.

S01 | Dec 23, 2025 | 9min 40sec

The holidays can bring closeness, joy, and meaningful traditions — and they can also magnify stress, tension, and disconnection in relationships. In this episode, Angela explores why couples often struggle more during the holiday season, how stress and expectations impact connection, and what actually helps couples slow down and stay emotionally close. Grounded in the Gottman Method and Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), this conversation offers warmth, humour, and practical tools for navigating real-life love during a busy season.

Relationship Reset: Set aside 15 uninterrupted minutes this week and take turns answering:

One thing that’s been draining me lately

One way I feel connected to you

One small thing we could do this week to feel closer

Listen without fixing or defending — just be present with each other.

S01 E05 | Jan 6, 2026 | 13min 20sec

Criticism, contempt, defensiveness, and stonewalling — they show up in every relationship at some point. In this episode, Angela breaks down what these “Four Horsemen” actually look and sound like in everyday life, why they happen, and the small, simple shifts couples can make to create more connection and less conflict. This is a practical, judgment-free guide to recognizing harmful patterns early and choosing healthier communication that feels good for both partners.

Relationship Reset: Choose one Horseman you fall into most often and practice its antidote every day for the next week:

Criticism → Gentle startup

Contempt → One daily appreciation

Defensiveness → Own 2%

Stonewalling → Take a break with a return time